most kick returns yards by a lions player in a game

Terry Fair has scored the most kick-return yards for the Lions in a game, with 244 yards against the Packers on September 6, 1998.

Interpreted as:
most kick returns yards by a lions player in a regular-season game
NAMEKR YDSDATETMOPPKRKR AVGKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TD
1Terry Fair
T. Fair
244
9/6/1998
@
6
40.7
1
2
23
11.5
0
2Desmond Howard
D. Howard
229
10/28/2001
vs
5
45.8
0
1
18
18.0
0
3Desmond Howard
D. Howard
218
9/17/2000
vs
6
36.3
0
1
17
17.0
0
4Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
210
10/1/2006
@
6
35.0
0
1
2
2.0
0
5Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
197
12/15/2002
vs
5
39.4
0
3
4
1.3
0
6Stefan Logan
S. Logan
194
11/25/2010
vs
7
27.7
0
1
8
8.0
0
7Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
192
9/26/2004
vs
7
27.4
0
2
9
4.5
0
8Reggie Swinton
R. Swinton
190
12/14/2003
@
7
27.1
0
0
0
0
9Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
189
11/27/1997
vs
5
37.8
0
4
57
14.3
0
10Aveion Cason
A. Cason
188
11/22/2007
vs
6
31.3
0
0
0
0
11Eddie Payton
E. Payton
184
12/17/1977
vs
5
36.8
1
3
105
35.0
1
12Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
182
10/17/2004
vs
6
30.3
0
2
48
24.0
0
13Desmond Howard
D. Howard
182
12/23/2001
@
8
22.8
0
0
0
0
14Aaron Brown
A. Brown
180
9/13/2009
@
5
36.0
0
0
0
0
15Derrick Williams
D. Williams
178
11/8/2009
@
8
22.3
0
0
0
0
16Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
178
12/22/2002
@
6
29.7
0
1
0
0.0
0
17Mel Gray
M. Gray
178
11/8/1992
vs
8
22.3
0
1
7
7.0
0
18Tom Watkins
T. Watkins
177
10/24/1965
@
5
35.4
0
1
19
19.0
0
19Terry Fair
T. Fair
175
12/6/1998
@
5
35.0
0
2
18
9.0
0
20Mel Gray
M. Gray
174
10/23/1994
vs
4
43.5
1
1
3
3.0
0
21Desmond Howard
D. Howard
173
11/10/2002
@
7
24.7
0
2
1
0.5
0
22Jeremy Ross
J. Ross
172
12/8/2013
@
4
43.0
1
2
71
35.5
1
23Mel Gray
M. Gray
172
12/17/1994
vs
4
43.0
1
1
14
14.0
0
24Jacob Saylors
J. Saylors
170
11/2/2025
vs
6
28.3
0
0
0
0
25Lem Barney
L. Barney
170
12/5/1971
vs
6
28.3
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1960 season.

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